Seattle Wi-Fi users may find slightly fewer hotspots because Cometa is closing its doors, but the shutdown shouldn’t hurt the overall growth of the hotspot market. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Chipsets
Intel To Turn Off Wireless Tech In Grantsdale Chip Set
Intel will ship its Grantsdale chip set this summer with the wireless features turned off by default in an attempt to prevent the spread of unsecured access points. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Fujitsu, Wi-LAN Team For Broadband Wireless
WiMAX, or last mile, wireless broadband access, hasn’t been a reality in the eyes of many to date, but that may be about to change. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Intel’s Chipset Has Built-in Wi-Fi Router
The new Grantsdale chip-set promises to be a particularly consumer-friendly product, designed to enhance playback of DVDs and provide home-theater-quality sound. Via [news.designtechnica.com]… Continue Reading
Single-component 802.11g Chip Enters Mass Production
A wireless networking chip from Atheros that combines what usually takes three parts into one component should cut costs, size and power consumption. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Chip start-up Boosts Wi-Fi Rate By ’10-20 Times’
As chipmakers fight to prove they can stretch the range and rate of Wi-Fi well beyond the standard, start-up Engim has enlisted research from the Tolly Group testing company to back up its claims. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Device Market Starts To Throb, Swell
By 2008 there will be 176.8 million embedded wi-fi devices, according to a report from market research firm iSuppli. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Conexant Intros 802.11g, 802.11a/g With USB 2.0
Conexant Systems Inc. today announced the availability of its newly designed Prism GT (802.11g) and Prism WorldRadio (802.11a/g) chipsets with a fully integrated universal serial bus 2.0 interface. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Improved WiFi Repeaters Due In 2005
A Florida-based WiFi startup is developing chips to enable full-duplex WiFi repeaters, a step up from the half-duplex repeaters in use today. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Can AMD’s Alchemy Turn Wi-Fi Into Gold?
AMD has begun to address Intel’s almost total domination of the Wi-Fi market by launching a hotspot co-marketing scheme designed to promote its Alchemy WLAN chips. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Buys Wi-Fi Chip Maker For $40m
Intel has bought Israeli wireless networking chip maker Envara for $40m, local business site The Market has claimed. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Marketing’s Favorite Numbers
The last couple of weeks have seen another avalanche of announcements about higher-speed Wi-Fi. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
TI Announces 802.11 Platform For Mobiles
Texas Instruments today unveiled its third generation 802.11 solution specifically designed for mobile devices such as cell phones, smartphones and PDAs. Via [news.designtechnica.com]… Continue Reading
Agere Refocuses On Wi-Fi
Agere is the latest firm to introduce a semi-proprietary, turbocharged Wi-Fi chipset anticipate the 108Mbps standard expected in two years’ time. The company is trying to make up for its recent dormant state in the WLAN business, and is claiming peak rates of 150Mbps. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Wise To Turn Off Wi-Fi In Grantsdale
When Intel releases its Grantsdale family of chipsets, motherboard makers can buy wireless capabilities to add onto the board. Intel will, apparently, switch off this wi-fi support by default, a wise move indeed in our opinion. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading